>>>Or just save your sleep time and hire someone with more experience to
do this for you :]

can I ask you if that was a derogatory statement?  Seems like it to
me.

On Jul 9, 3:34 pm, Ricardo <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "expresso" (we don't know your name), if you're still in need of help,
> why not post an overview of what you need? You've posted several
> pieces of your puzzle but no one can guess the overall structure
> you're trying to code. Like "I need a carousel that expands when
> blablabla and loads blablabla from json". And I'm pretty sure you have
> an architectural problem there, the specific issues that pop up are
> just a consequence of a lack of planning.
>
> Or just save your sleep time and hire someone with more experience to
> do this for you :]
>
> And, please, try to keep discussions decently worded, and avoid
> posting in sequence, specially if it's just pointless fighting, this
> is a public forum. Thanks!
>
> On Jul 9, 4:45 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I understand.  I have nothing that much against you Morning and I'll
> > try to sound less abrasive in the future.  Keep in mind I have been up
> > till about 12:30am for about 4 nights straight on this so I am
> > definitely trying all I could on customizing it and could not afford
> > to just step back and say forget this plug-in because I had gotten
> > much to far into it for our solution.
>
> > I am not one to just post and get freebies.  Trust me, that's lame.
>
> > On Jul 9, 2:42 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > It's been perfectly clear that whatever you are trying to accomplish
> > > is anything *but* simple...  and after two weeks of messing with it,
> > > maybe it is/was time to cut your losses on trying to manipulate code
> > > with which you have no idea what is going on under the hood.....
> > > and code that someone wrote for free, supported for free, and has
> > > since moved on......  the tablesorter plugin is the same way... it's
> > > an older plugin that still works today, but people customizing it are
> > > on their own...
>
> > > whatever... i've done my best to help and point out issues to this
> > > point....    best of luck... looks like you'll need it
> > > .
>
> > > On Jul 9, 3:33 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Funny thing is, I'll be blogging about this carousel.  And you may
> > > > find my implementation to be pretty complex but you would not know
> > > > about the entire implementation and you assume that what we are doing
> > > > is "simple"
>
> > > > On Jul 9, 2:03 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > >>>making it difficult to understand what you are asking
>
> > > > > tell me how it's difficult, I am very thorough in explaining the
> > > > > situation and things tried.
>
> > > > > On Jul 9, 1:57 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > You've got it backwards.... it makes more sense and keeps the 
> > > > > > clutter
> > > > > > out if you stay in the same topic.....
>
> > > > > > I did not say not to stay on the same topic.  I said if I start
> > > > > > veering off into anther discussion that's talking about a different
> > > > > > approach (in this case in that previous thread I started with a
> > > > > > question about obtaining the LAST <li>).  Then I wondering maybe
> > > > > > instead I can just iterate through the list of <li> and grab some by
> > > > > > index.  At that point, that's a whole different issue or scope.  
> > > > > > Yea,
> > > > > > that time I should have stuck with the thread because I already
> > > > > > committed to the question on the index.
>
> > > > > > Anyway I get it.  But I should not be posting 2 different questions 
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > the same thread which is what I try to avoid
>
> > > > > > On Jul 9, 1:54 pm, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > how the hell am I being rude?
>
> > > > > > > And second, I am giving information to help you help me.  Again I 
> > > > > > > try
> > > > > > > all sorts of shit before I post stuff.  I don't just post on every
> > > > > > > step of the way.  I am showing you what I have tried.  So you 
> > > > > > > either
> > > > > > > get called out for not giving enough information or giving too
> > > > > > > little.
>
> > > > > > > Chill
>
> > > > > > > On Jul 9, 11:04 am, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > "so it's only respectful on my part to
> > > > > > > > start a new thread on a different topic that's veering off in 
> > > > > > > > the same
> > > > > > > > thread.  Not cool. "
>
> > > > > > > > You've got it backwards.... it makes more sense and keeps the 
> > > > > > > > clutter
> > > > > > > > out if you stay in the same topic.....
>
> > > > > > > > As Liam points out.... you already asked the index question, 
> > > > > > > > AND it
> > > > > > > > was answered by Charlie, in the topic you created just 13 hours 
> > > > > > > > ago
>
> > > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/8832916...
>
> > > > > > > > and yet, here's an identical topic asking the identical 
> > > > > > > > question with
> > > > > > > > 2 min apart two sentence ramblings on them all....
>
> > > > > > > > Realize what this list for what it is:   a mailing list where 
> > > > > > > > lots of
> > > > > > > > us provide free help out of our own time....
>
> > > > > > > > making it difficult to understand what you are asking, being 
> > > > > > > > rude to
> > > > > > > > people trying to show you the way, rambling on and on with the 
> > > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > > stuff....  all that doesn't lend itself very well to make your 
> > > > > > > > issues
> > > > > > > > worth other peoples time and effort
>
> > > > > > > > .
>
> > > > > > > > On Jul 9, 11:12 am, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > Because sometimes I get into other topics not related to my 
> > > > > > > > > original
> > > > > > > > > posts in those other thread so it's only respectful on my 
> > > > > > > > > part to
> > > > > > > > > start a new thread on a different topic that's veering off in 
> > > > > > > > > the same
> > > > > > > > > thread.  Not cool.
>
> > > > > > > > > On Jul 9, 9:30 am, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> 
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > how about reading all the replies to your other thread 
> > > > > > > > > > about this?
>
> > > > > > > > > > $("#mycarousel > li:eq(10)").css("margin-right", "5px");
>
> > > > > > > > > > expresso wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > Is it possible to target certain <li> in an unordered 
> > > > > > > > > > > list by index
> > > > > > > > > > > with jQuery?  I thought maybe I could use .index but was 
> > > > > > > > > > > not able to
> > > > > > > > > > > get the syntax right.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > I thought maybe something like this would work but is has 
> > > > > > > > > > > not:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > $("#mycarousel > li").index(i).css("margin-right", "5px");

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